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The New Ashla Podcast: Cultivating Consciousness through Inner Work and Self-Mastery

The New Ashla Podcast: Cultivating Consciousness through Inner Work and Self-Mastery

By: Justin V Gates and Michael Perry
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Season Two of The New Ashla Podcast explores consciousness, inner work, and spiritual discipline as foundations of emotional healing and personal authority. Through grounded conversations on awareness, identity, unconscious patterns, and attention, we examine how inner training shapes character and behavior. Rooted in Jungian psychology and the Path of Ashla, this season offers a serious psycho-spiritual path toward self-mastery, integration, and embodied change without shortcuts or illusion.Justin V Gates and Michael Perry Personal Development Personal Success
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  • When Independence Turns Into Isolation | Avoidant Attachment Explained

    When Independence Turns Into Isolation | Avoidant Attachment Explained
    Jun 18 2026
    Episode CompanionAvoidant Attachment | Attachment Series Part 2You’ve always been fine on your own. You handle things. You don’t ask for much. You don’t burden people.But somewhere along the way, “I’ve got it” became a wall.In this episode of The New Ashla Podcast, Michael Perry and Justin Gates explore avoidant attachment: how it forms, what it protects, and how it can quietly turn independence into isolation.Avoidant attachment is not coldness. It is not a lack of love. It is often a survival strategy built by people who learned that needing others was unsafe, disappointing, inconvenient, or unreliable.Michael and Justin break down how avoidant attachment shows up in relationships, why closeness can feel threatening, and how people can begin opening up without losing themselves in the process.Topics Covered:What avoidant attachment is really protectingWhy independence can become emotional armorThe difference between emotional regulation and suppressionHow avoidant attachment shows up in relationshipsWhy closeness can feel like losing autonomyThe anxious-avoidant relationship dynamicHow logic, stoicism, achievement, and self-control can become shieldsLearning to ask for help without feeling weakBecoming both strong and openKey Takeaways:Avoidant attachment is not an absence of love or need. It is often a learned form of self-protection.Being able to survive alone is not the same thing as being healed.Independence is healthy when it is a choice, not when it becomes a wall.Avoidant people often care deeply, but learned not to express it because vulnerability once felt unsafe.Connection does not have to mean losing yourself. Healthy love expands who you are rather than erasing you.Healing starts with small moments of honesty, trust, and allowing yourself to receive support.Exercise: One True ThingThink of someone in your life you trust, even a little.This week, tell them one true thing something real about how you feel, what you are struggling with, or what you actually need.It does not have to be big. It just has to be true.Say something you would normally keep to yourself, handle alone, or avoid mentioning. Then notice what happens in them — and in you.Affirmations:I am strong enough to ask for help.Letting people in does not mean losing myself.My needs are not a burden. They are part of being human.I can be close to someone and still be whole.I am learning that vulnerability is not weakness. It is the door to everything I actually want.Journaling Prompts:When did you first learn that needing people was not safe? What happened, and what did you decide about yourself or others because of it?Is there something you have been handling alone that you could let someone else into, even partially? What stops you?What would it mean for your life if being close to someone did not require giving something up? What might become possible?Sound Bites:“Being able to survive alone is not the same as being healed.”“Independence becomes armor.”“You can be strong enough to stand on your own and open enough to receive love.”“Letting people close does not mean becoming weak. It means giving yourself what you needed all along.”Keywords: avoidant attachment, attachment styles, anxious avoidant trap, emotional intimacy, relationship healing, self-protection, vulnerability, emotional regulation, independence, interdependence, healing relationships, self-awareness, nervous system, love and autonomy, New Ashla Podcast, Path of AshlaConnect: Michael Perry | Justin GatesFollow: TikTok | New Ashla
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    34 mins
  • Stop Losing Yourself in the Fear of Losing Love Anxious Attachment | Attachment Series Part 1

    Stop Losing Yourself in the Fear of Losing Love Anxious Attachment | Attachment Series Part 1
    Jun 16 2026

    Episode Companion Guide

    In this episode of the New Ashla Podcast, Michael Perry and Justin Gates begin the attachment series with anxious attachment...where it comes from, how it shows up in relationships, and how to start building safety inside yourself instead of constantly needing proof that you are loved.

    Anxious attachment is often misunderstood as being clingy, needy, dramatic, or “too much.” But underneath the behavior is usually a nervous system trying to feel safe in connection.

    Michael and Justin explore how anxious attachment forms when love feels inconsistent, unpredictable, or conditional. They discuss how it can show up through reassurance-seeking, overthinking, people-pleasing, conflict creation, fear of silence, and mistaking chaos for chemistry.

    They also talk about the path back to security: learning to pause before reacting, building self-trust, creating autonomy outside the relationship, and recognizing the difference between real intuition and nervous system activation.


    Key Takeaways:

    • Anxious attachment is not a character flaw — it is a learned survival strategy.
    • Reassurance can help temporarily, but healing requires building internal safety.
    • Fear can feel like chemistry when your nervous system is used to chaos.
    • Slow replies, silence, or tired tones are not always signs of rejection.
    • Secure attachment does not mean you stop needing love. It means you stop losing yourself in the fear of losing love.


    Exercise: The Pause Window

    The next time you feel the urge to send a message, make a call, check your phone, or seek reassurance, pause before acting.

    Take a few breaths. Let your nervous system settle. Ask yourself:

    Am I reaching out because there is a real concern, or because I need reassurance right now?

    You do not have to shame the urge. You are simply creating space between activation and action. That space is where healing begins.


    Affirmations:

    • I am allowed to need connection and still trust that I am enough.
    • My worth doesn’t depend on someone else’s response.
    • I can tolerate uncertainty without it meaning something has gone wrong.
    • I am becoming someone who trusts love, including the love I give myself.
    • My nervous system is learning. I don’t have to be healed to be okay right now.


    Journaling Prompts:

    • Think about a recent moment where you sought reassurance. What were you actually afraid of underneath the surface, and where have you felt that before?
    • What would it look like to act from security instead of fear in one relationship in your life right now?
    • What is one story you tell yourself when someone goes quiet or pulls back? Where did you first learn to tell that story?


    Keywords: anxious attachment, attachment styles, secure attachment, relationship anxiety, nervous system regulation, reassurance seeking, emotional healing, self-trust, relationship patterns, people pleasing, fear of abandonment, inner safety, New Ashla Podcast, Path of Ashla


    Connect: Michael Perry | Justin Gates

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    37 mins
  • The Treasure House Within You: Why Most People Search Outside for What Lives Within.

    The Treasure House Within You: Why Most People Search Outside for What Lives Within.
    Jun 11 2026

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    In this episode of The New Ashla Podcast, Justin V. Gates and Michael Perry explore why so many people spend their lives searching outside themselves for peace, power, healing, validation, guidance, and identity, only to find that the emptiness eventually returns.

    Drawing from the idea of the “treasure house within”, this conversation examines how the deeper mind can become a bridge to wisdom, healing, creativity, intuition, and transformation. Through the teachings of Ashla, Justin frames this inner treasure as the Light within, the sacred current already present beneath fear, noise, old programming, and false identity.

    The episode explores why people look outward for what must first be awakened inwardly, how old impressions and limiting beliefs can make us feel powerless, and how spiritual practice, awareness, contemplation, affirmation, and right action help us cultivate the deeper self.

    At its heart, this episode is a reminder that you are not empty, broken, or powerless. The Light has not abandoned you. The treasure is not missing. You may simply have been searching in the wrong direction.


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    the treasure house within you, treasure house within, light within, inner wisdom, subconscious mind, Joseph Murphy, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Ashla, New Ashla Podcast, Justin V Gates, Michael Perry, spiritual growth, self mastery, inner work, subconscious programming, inner healing, spiritual awakening, inner power, divine guidance, higher self, greater self, lesser self, spiritual practice, meditation, prayer, affirmations, contemplation, inner sanctuary, intuition, personal transformation, healing old programming, spiritual alignment, the Force, the Light, Luminari
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    41 mins
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